Stove-pipe shelf



(No Model.)

T. B. WARD. sTovB PIPE slum?l No. 438,664. Patented 0011. 21, 1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS B. IVARD, OF PRAIRIE DU CHIEN, WISCONSIN.

STOVE-PIPE SHELF.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 438,664, dated October21, 18.90.

Application led June 6, 1890. Serial No. 354,449. (No model.)

'T0 all whom tr may concern:

. citizen of the United States, residing at Prairie du Chien, in thecounty of Crawford and State of Wisconsin, have invented anew and usefulStove-Pipe Shelf, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to stoves and furnaces, and more especially tothat class thereof known as stove-pipe shelves, and the object of theinvention is to provide such a device whereupon light articles may beplaced or cloths or towels may be hung over the stove to be dried.

To this end the invention consists of the specific details ofconstruction hereinafter more fully described, and illustrated in thedrawings,in which- Figure'l is a side elevation of a stove and its pipe,showing my improved shelf as applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a plan view ofthe shelf, showing the pipe in section. Fig. 3 is a perspective view ofthe shelf from the other side than that shown in Fig. l, showing one ofthe arms in position, the others being removed.

Referring to the said drawings, R is a piece of stout wire adapted topass half-way around an ordinary stove-pipe and having eyes I at itsends, and F is a similar piece adapted to complete the circle around thestove-pipe, as shown. One end of the front piece F has an eye I, whichis loosely linked into one of the eyes I of the rear piece R, and theother end has a hook H, adapted to detachably engage the other eye I ofthe rear piece R, as seen in Fig. 3.

A is an arm also of stout wire and which may have a hook at its outerend, it' desired. The inner end of this arm is bent in a hori- Zontalelbow E, then outwardly, as at O, then upwardly, as at U, then into acoil C, loosely embracing the front piece F, above described, thenoutwardlyfrom the top of said piece, as at T, then downwardly in a shortelbow, as at D, and then outwardly throughout the body of the arm.Several of these arms are provided, whose coils C are mounted upon thefront piece'F in the manner best seen in Fig. 2, and my improved deviceis ready for sale and use.

, S is a stove having a pipe P, both of which may be of the ordinaryconstruction, and-m improved device is attached to the pipe at a shortdistance above the stove, as seen in Fig. l. To effect thisattachmentthe hook H of the front member F is disengaged 'from its eyeI, the two members F and R placed around the pipe, and the hookre-engaged, whereby the ring formed by these members will surround thepipe, the front member F standing at the front of the pipe-z'. e., overthe stove. lVhen the ring is thus in place, the arms A will projecthorizontally over the stove and radially from the pipe, the elbows E atthe inner ends of the arms will abut against the front of the pipe, andthe outward pull upon the coils C will be resisted by the two-part ringF R. Several of the arms A may be employed, and they may be moved uponthe front piece F, so as to be as far apart as desired.

The position of this device above the stove, as seen in Fig. l, rendersit useful for supporting towels and dish-cloths to be dried, as well asfor a shelf to support light articles that it is desired shall be keptwarm. Such articles will of course be placed near the pipe and willreceive heat therefrom as well as from the stove.

The elbow E of each arm bears against the stove-pipe, while the upwardextension U stands at a slight distance therefrom and is not excessivelyheated thereby.

The use of the elbow D a short distance outside of the coil C is toprevent cloths from accidentally slipping too near the pipe and becomingburned.

Vhen desired to have free and unimpeded use of the space above thestove, the arms A may be folded upwardly against the pipe, as shown indotted lines in Fig. l, and in this way the device occupiescomparatively no room.

What I claim isl. The herein-described stove-pipe shelf, the samecomprising a ring surrounding the stove-pipe and independent horizontalarms of wire having integral coils loosely surrounding the body of saidring, extending thence downwardly, and provided with lateral elbows IOOat their inner ends, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The herein-described stove-pipe shelf,

a horizontal elbow E a short distance beloW the ring, an outwardextension O, an upward extension U, a coil C, loosely embracing thering, an outward horizontal extension T, and an elbow D, leading intothe horizontal body of the arm, substantially as and for the purpose setforth.

et. rlhe combination, with the arms A, having short coils C and elbows Ebelow such coils, of the curved piece of wire F, passing loosely throughand constituting a bearing' for each of said coils, extending around thefront of the stove-pipe, and having a hook H and eye I at its ends, andthe complementary curved piece of Wire R, passing` around the rear ofthe stove-pipe and having` eyes I in its ends, one of said eyes being'loosely linked into the eye in the front piece F, and the other of saideyes detachably engaging said hook, substantially as and for the purposehereinbefore set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my oWn I have hereto affixedmy signature in presence of two Witnesses.

THOMAS B. WARD. lVitnesses:

R. F. lIAsKINs, C. S. FULLER.

